Hector-neri Castaneda

September 09, 1991

Hector-Neri Castaneda, 66, a philosophy professor at Indiana University, died Saturday in Bloomington Hospital. Born in Guatemala, Mr. Castaneda received his bachelor`s degree, master`s degree and doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He taught high school in Guatemala and also was a philosophy professor at the National University of Guatemala. Mr. Castaneda did postdoctoral work at Oxford University. He also taught at Duke University and Wayne State University. Since 1969, he worked at Indiana University where he was the former dean of Latino affairs. He was the editor of Nous, a philosophical journal. He was past president of the central division of the American Philosophical Association and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Castaneda is survived by his wife, Dr. Rhina Toruno-Castaneda; a daughter, Xmucane Wiebeck; four sons, Kicab, Hector, Omar and Quetzil; two stepsons, Jose Rodrigo Trujillo and Mario Felipe Trujillo; seven grandchildren; and two brothers. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Day Mortuary, 2701 E. 3rd St., Bloomington.